So that stings. The New Orleans Saints waited to add a wide receiver until the seventh round at pick No. 255 in the 2021 NFL draft, adding South Alabama prospect Kawaan Baker, but they might have been able to address the position much sooner if things had shaken out differently. This report comes from Panthers.com’s Darin Gantt, who shared a nugget about the Saints following an active weekend in Carolina’s draft war room:
“(BYU left tackle Brady Christensen) was probably going to be the guy at 59, and there was a deal cooking that could have moved them back on the clock within a few spots to take LSU wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr.